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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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Consultant: New Oil, Gas Wells Will Be Plentiful, Deeper and Steel Intensive
20 March 2018 - U.S. oil and gas exploration companies are forecast to drill around 16,000 new wells annually over the next five years, supporting demand for oil country tubular goods and line pipe, according to S&P Global Platts consultant Nicole Leonard.
A New Business for Old Blast Furnaces? Probably Not, Says Cliffs CEO
20 March 2018 - Although idled North American blast furnaces conceivably could find a second life producing merchant pig iron, the likelihood that they will is low, said Lourenco Goncalves, chairman and chief executive of iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Japan's Largest Steelmaker Extends International Reach With Ovako Acquisition
15 March 2018 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) is acquiring Swedish specialty steelmaker Ovako AB for an undisclosed amount.
Nucor Contracts with SMS group for Illinois Bar Mill
14 March 2018 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to build Nucor Corp.’s planned merchant bar mill at its existing Kankakee bar plant in Illinois.
Tenova Company Lands Follow-On Order for Processing Plant Expansion
13 March 2018 - Germany’s Bilstein GmbH & Co. is undertaking a second expansion of its fully automated batch anneal plant, putting an additional eight annealing bases on order, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
New Steel Mill Coming to Florida
12 March 2018 - Nucor Corp. has selected a site in central Florida as the home for a proposed US$240 million micro-mill, the company announced Monday.
Bhushan Steel Creditors Select Offer for Company
08 March 2018 - Tata Steel Ltd.’s bid for a controlling stake in Indian cold-rolled producer Bhushan Steel has been selected as the prevailing offer, Tata said on Wednesday.
Section 232 Decision Prompts U. S. Steel to Restart Illinois Blast Furnace
07 March 2018 - United States Steel Corporation plans to restart the B blast furnace at its Granite City Works in Illinois as a result of President Donald Trump’s proposed blanket tariff on imported steel, the company said on Wednesday.
German Steelworks Turns on New Cooling System
06 March 2018 - SMS group has successfully retrofitted a German slab caster with a new secondary cooling system, the equipment supplier reported Tuesday.
Tenova Lands Contract for Annealing Facility
06 March 2018 - Tenova LOI Thermprocess and its Chinese subsidiary, Tenova LOI Thermprocess (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., have won an order for a wire rod annealing plant.
Iraq Targets 2019 Start-Up for New Billet Plant
23 February 2018 - Danieli has won an order for an electric arc furnace and billet caster in Kurdistan, the company said Friday.
Liberty House Pulls U.S., U.K. Mills Out of the Mothballs
20 February 2018 - The United Kingdom’s Liberty House Group has restarted an idled electric arc furnace in England and said it plans to put a closed U.S. wire rod mill back into service within the next four months.
Grupo Simec Starts Up Mexican SBQ Mill
20 February 2018 - Grupo Simec’s new bar and rod mill in Apizaco, Mexico, has rolled its first billet, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.
ArcelorMittal to Furnish Cryogenic Plate for U.S. Petrochemical Plant
20 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal has won an order for 770 metric tons worth of specialty steel plates from Royal Dutch Shell, the steelmaker said on Monday.
AK Steel Signs With Harsco for Scrap Services
16 February 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. said it has signed a seven-year agreement to begin providing scrap management services to AK Steel Corp.’s Mansfield, Ohio, Works.
Steel Processor to Set Up Shop at Big River Steel
15 February 2018 - An Illinois-based private equity firm has plans to build a sheet processing plant at Big River Steel, the firm announced on Thursday.
SAIL Lights New Blast Furnace, and Another Comes Down for Repair
14 February 2018 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has blown in a new blast furnace at its Bhilai Steel Plant, reports The (India) Economic Times.
Tata Steel Might Be Considering Blast Furnace Reline at Welsh Plant
13 February 2018 - Tata Steel reportedly is considering a GBP75 million reline of a blast furnace at its Port Talbot Works in Wales, reports The (London) Telegraph.
Trump Talks Trade with Lawmakers as Commerce Opens Another Steel Dumping Investigation
13 February 2018 - With roughly 60 days remaining for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose new import limitation on steel, Trump is meeting today with legislators to discuss the pending decision, according to the Reuters news service.
Essar Steel Attracts Offer from World's Leading Steel Producer
12 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal has laid an offer on the table for distressed flat-rolled producer Essar Steel India, the company disclosed on Monday.
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